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Date Published
Author
Dominik Kundel
Word count
2946
Language
English
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None

Summary

The text is a tutorial on building a Barista app using Twilio Programmable SMS and React. The author, Dominik Kundel, shares his experience of creating a serverless version of the Barista bot using Twilio Functions, Sync, and Programmable SMS. He guides readers through setting up the project, processing incoming orders, storing orders in a Twilio Sync List, generating a token for authentication, consuming the token to fetch orders from the list, and updating the order status. The tutorial also covers adding real-time updates to the app by listening on events triggered by changes in the SyncList, sending SMS notifications when an order is completed, and using Twilio Notify to send messages to different groups of customers. The author concludes that this is a basic version of the Barista app and invites readers to contribute their own ideas or improvements.